Polycom Announces General Availability of Polycom® HDX® Series 3.1,
Delivering New Video Innovations for Greater Collaboration and
Productivity

Software updates for award-winning video collaboration product line
includes Polycom® SmartPairing™ technology and enhanced features for
Polycom® RealPresence® Whiteboard

December 11, 2012 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polycom,
Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based
unified communications, today announced the worldwide availability of
Polycom® HDX® Series 3.1, a software update for the Company’s
popular HDX video collaboration solution for executive desktops and
rooms.

“When a firm grows the way we have, it is necessary
to be creative to support the needs of the business”

Providing a simple and intuitive collaboration experience in HD video
and voice quality, the enhanced HDX Series 3.1 software improves
collaboration and productivity for organizations of all sizes with new
features including:

Enhanced virtual whiteboarding – Polycom®
RealPresence® Whiteboard, the industry’s first embedded virtual
whiteboard software in a video-conferencing unit with no external PC
required, lets video meeting participants write on the same digital
screen for easier document collaboration no matter where the meeting
participants are located. Users can also connect the HDX Series 3.1
with standard touchscreens, giving the flexibility for a two-panel
set-up. The standard touchscreen support also lets users annotate on
the virtual whiteboard with fingertips, so no extra accessories are
required.

More choices for sharing content during a video conference – share
presentations, a desktop view or other content with video meeting
participants by connecting to a PC, Mac or even by plugging a USB
drive directly into the HDX system (no computer required). Support for
mouse control makes it easy for users to navigate and select items on
the screen.

Easily control meetings from a tablet – Polycom®
SmartPairing™ technology, an industry-first, wirelessly connects
Apple iPads to HDX Series systems running 3.1 and simplifies the user
experience by letting users control video meeting functions such as
volume and start/stop with their tablets, as well as transfer a live
video call from tablet to big screen with the swipe of a finger (watch
a related video)

“Video-enabling employees with solutions that are highly secure and easy
for end users to operate and navigate, as well as simple and
cost-effective for organizations to manage and deliver, has time and
time again proven to be an IT investment that quickly pays for itself by
reducing travel costs and helping companies gain thousands of hours a
month in productivity,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President of Products
and Services, Polycom. “That is why hundreds of thousands of
organizations around the world trust and rely on solutions like the
Polycom HDX series for helping their employees improve collaboration and
be more productive across distances and time zones.”

Increasing Productivity in Businesses Across Industries

“Our network of employees is very dispersed. People from New York, Los
Angeles, UK, and India, are often collaborating on projects, which
before meant that we were experiencing a lot of unproductive time in
transit from location to location,” said Shaun Mundy, Group IT Director
of Buro Happold, a global engineering consultancy headquartered in the
United Kingdom. “Now that more than 90 percent of our workforce is
video-enabled, Polycom RealPresence video and HDX room systems have
helped us reduce travel costs by up to £3 million annually, and gain
3,000 hours a month in productivity.”

The law firm of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) also relies on Polycom
HDX room solutions to collaborate across five offices, with clients and
contacts worldwide. “When a firm grows the way we have, it is necessary
to be creative to support the needs of the business,” said George
Brandon, partnership development leader at Morris, Polich & Purdy LLP.
“Before implementing Polycom solutions, we had spent $3,000 for a
one-time, international video conference call with a client. Now, we can
host such calls whenever we want without incurring any additional cost.”

A Superior User Experience for Lower TCO

HDX Series 3.1 continues to offer high quality HD video with Polycom®
Constant Clarity™ technology including Polycom® Lost Packet Recovery™
and Polycom® StereoSurround™ for crisp, natural voice clarity even when
multiple parties are speaking. These technologies provide the industry’s
best and highest quality experience and when combined with the
simplified user interface through tablets and Polycom SmartPairing
technology, the HDX experience is unmatched.

Cost savings from overall low bandwidth utilization – as much as
50 percent lower than competitors’ solutions1 – and
extended peripheral management through Polycom®
RealPresence® Resource Manager, make the HDX Series 3.1 an
attractive cost-effective executive room and desktop video solution that
is simpler for IT to manage and support.

Availability

The HDX Series 3.1 solution is available today in select countries
worldwide. For existing HDX customers on a maintenance contract, the
upgrade to HDX Series 3.1 is available at no cost; for customers
reactivating service, pricing starts US$400. For new customers, pricing
starts at US$1,999. Polycom RealPresence Mobile 2.0 is available as a
free download from the Apple
AppStore™ and Google
Play today; support for SmartPairing on HDX Series 3.1 will be
available on the iPad® 2 and the new iPad later this month. Products and
solutions availability may vary by country. For more information, visit www.polycom.com,
call 1-800-POLYCOM or contact one of our more than 6,500 channel
partners worldwide. For more information, visit www.polycom.com
or call 1-800-POLYCOM.

About Polycom

Polycom is the global leader in open standards-based unified
communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions for voice and video
collaboration, trusted by more than 415,000 customers around the world.
Polycom solutions are powered by the Polycom® RealPresence® Platform,
comprehensive software infrastructure and rich APIs that interoperate
with the broadest set of communication, business, mobile and cloud
applications and devices to deliver secure face-to-face video
collaboration in any environment. Polycom and its ecosystem of over
7,000 partners provide truly unified communications solutions that
deliver the best user experience, highest multi-vendor interoperability,
and lowest TCO. Visit www.polycom.com
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to learn how we’re pushing the greatness of human collaboration forward.

1 Wainhouse: “Evaluation: Polycom’s Implementation of H.264 High
Profile: WR Investigates Polycom’s Claim of No-Compromise Performance
Using up to 50% Less Bandwidth,” November 2010

NOTE: The product plans, specifications, and descriptions herein are
provided for information only and subject to change without notice, and
are provided without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Polycom
reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time. Products
and related specifications referenced herein are not guaranteed and will
be delivered on a when and if available basis.

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